FHIR Base Profiles in the Nordics
Thursday May 7, 2026 08:30 - 09:10 F3
Lecturers: Daniel Karlsson, Michael Johansen, Mikael Rinnetmäki, Thomas Tveit RosenlundTrack: Nordics on FHIR
The work to harmonize FHIR Base profiles of Nordic countries was initiated in Vitalis 2023 (https://invitepeople.com/public/events/edd1776c4a/seminars/ca0805fa9c).
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden have all published national FHIR base profiles through their HL7 affiliates. There is an ongoing initiative to harmonize the base profiles and to create common Nordic FHIR Base profile specification. Given the similarity of the healthcare systems of all the Nordic countries, we can learn from each other in developing and using national FHIR base profiles and reach a higher level of base-profile harmonization between Nordic countries.
Also, due to the EHDS regulation, standardization efforts in Europe are now of central importance and HL7 Europe is a key organization in those efforts. With collaboration and harmonization between Nordic countries we can also in a better way contribute and influence European work, including European HL7 FHIR base profiles.
This session will present the current status of this work, including involvement on the European level, and a call for participation for interested parties.
Topic
Data and Information
Seminar type
Live + On site
Lecture type
Extended 55 min
Objective of lecture
Orientation
Level of knowledge
Intermediate
Target audience
Technicians/IT/Developers
Keyword
Actual examples (good/bad)
Apps
Informatics/Interoperability
Conference
Vitalis
Lecturers
Daniel Karlsson Lecturer
Utredare
E-hälsomyndigheten
Michael Johansen Lecturer
Cheif consulant
MedCom
Chief consultant at MedCom, with focus on FHIR modernization and preparing for EHDS. MedCom is coordinator of the xShare project and affiliated partner in eCAN+ project.
Member of HL7, IHE and WG member in ISO TC215, CEN TC251.
Mikael Rinnetmäki Lecturer
Expert
Sitra
I'm a health data expert at the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and the founder of the diabetes healthtech startup Sensotrend.
At Sitra, I lead the VALO - Value from Nordic Health Data project that aims to harmonise EHDS implementation in the Nordic countries and essentially aims for a "Nordic Health Data Space."
I'm also the founder of the healthtech startup Sensotrend, focused on making life with diabetes easier. Sensotrend is a partner in large-scale EU projects i2X and MyHealth@MyHands, both focused on concrete EHDS implementations. We're also involved in the first experiments for reimbursement of digital health in Finland.
I volunteer in standards development work in HL7 Finland, HL7 Europe, and HL7 International.
Thomas Tveit Rosenlund Lecturer
Virksomhetsarkitekt
Helsedirektoratet
Thomas Tveit Rosenlund is an enterprise architect working in the field of interoperability and standardization in The Norwegian Directorate of Health.